Samuel beegstbessee



(NO Model. S RESSER HEEL PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.- NO; 257,433.Patented May 2,1882.

N. PETERS. Pholo-Lilhngraphen Wasmnglon. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BERGSTRESSER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JACOB H. KERN, OF SAME PLACE.

HEEL-PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,433, dated May 2,1882. Application filed March 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BERGSTRESSER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented 5 certainImprovements in Heel-Protectors for Boots and Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to prevent boots and shoes from runningdown at the :0 heel; and this object I attain by embedding in the heelduring the manufacture of the same a bar or plate having projectionswhich resistwear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 15 a perspective view of aboot or shoe heel made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalView of the same; and Fig. 3, a perspective view, showing the characterofsome of the lifts used in the manufacture of the heel. 2c The heeliscomposed, as usual, of anumber of lifts, one above another, the wholebeing compacted and secured together in the ordinary manner. Embedded inthe heel, however, is a segmental bar, a, which has a series of 2 5projections or lugs, b, and one of the heel-lifts, d, has formed in it asegmental slot, 0, for the reception of this bar, other lifts, f, havingopenings 1 for the reception of the projections 1). In piling the liftsthe bar with its pro- 0 jeetions is adapted thereto, and when the liftsare subjected to pressure in completing the heel the ends of theprojections will be slightly embedded in the outer lift, h, so that assoon as said outer lift commences to wear the projections will beexposed, and will present broad 3 5 metallic surfaces to resist furtherwear of the leather adjacent thereto, the wearing away of the heel morerapidly at one side than the other being thus counteracted.

In the drawings I have shown a bar extend- 4 ing only part way aroundthe heel; but it may extend entirely around the same, if desired; and insome cases a plate having projections at the edge may take the place ofthe bar, the slotting of the lift 01 in this case being unnec- 5 essary.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination of the heel-lifts havingopenings 9 with the bar or plate embedded in the heel, and havingprojections. b, adapted to 50 said openings g, as set forth.

2. The combination of the segmental bar (I, having projections b, withthe heel-lift d, having a segmental slot, 0, and the liftsf, havingopenings 9, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL BERGSTRESSER.

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH.

